Victims: Total dead, missing tops 5,500

Ling Young says she is "very fortunate" to be alive because she lost all of her co-workers in the World Trade Center except for her best friend.

SUMMARY:

The number of confirmed dead and those reported missing from the
September 11 attacks is more than 5,500. Thousands more have been
treated at hospitals for everything from respiratory difficulties to crushed limbs to severe burns.

UPDATE:

A total of 266 passengers and crew perished on the four planes that were hijacked and crashed into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in southwest Pennsylvania.

In the World Trade Center attacks, 5,422 people have been reported missing but only 218 bodies have been recovered and 152 of them identified. Rescuers continue to sift through thousands of tons of debris for more possible survivors as hope fades.

The death toll at the Pentagon is 125, in addition to the 64 people who perished on the plane.